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Scandinavian Independent Tours and Escorted Tours

Scandinavian Independent Tours and Escorted Tours

Escorted tours are usually via motor-coach, with a tour director
in charge. These tours are ideal if you don’t mind having limited free time and traveling with strangers. Your
baggage is handled, your time rigorously
scheduled, and most meals planned. Such tour are therefore the most
hassle-free way to see a destination, as
well as generally the least expensive. Independent packages allow plenty of
flexibility . They generally include airline travel and hotels, with certain
options available, such as sightseeing, car
rental, and excursions. These
packages are usually more expensive than
escorted tours, but your time is your own.

You can either book
directly through tour operators or
through a travel agent , who will be able to give you rundown of tours and
packages offered by various operators .
It does not matter what program you prefer, be sure to find out exactly the following
items:

1.Are Tips included?

2. Are the transfers
included?

3.What meals are included?

4.How is the
baggage handling

5.How is the ground transportation?

6.How is the entertainment?

7.How and what are the excursions?

8.How is the sports?

9.How is the recreation ?

10.How is the level of hotel used, its location ,
the size of its rooms , the kind of beds, and its amenities , such as pool,
room service, or programs for children
if these things are important to you ?

11. Find out
the operator’s cancellation penalties . Nearly everyone charges them , and the
only way to avoid them is to buy trip-cancellation insurance.

12.Ask about the single supplement , a surcharge
assessed to solo you travelers. Some operator do not make you pay it if you
agree to be matched up with a roommate of the same sex , even if one is not
found by departure time.

Escorted Tours

Escorted tours are generally sold in three categories. Most
of the itenararies are full with sightseeing. You will get up early each day to
travel to your next destination. Make sure you confirm if the motorcoach is
air-conditioned and has a restroom on board. The followings are three
categories of escorted tours:

·Deluxe

·First Class

·Tourist / Budget Class

The most important differences among them are the price and the
level of accommodations. The followings are the operators that sell escorted
tours.

1.Luxury Guides ( Seatle )

2.Maupintour ( Lawrence )

3.Tauck
Tour ( Westport )

4.Winge of
Scandinavian ( Santa Monica )

5.Abercrombie& kent ( Oak Brook )

6.American
Airlines fly AAway Vacations (
Oak Brook )

7.Bennett Tours ( New York )

8.Borton Over seas ( Minneapolis )

9.Brendan Tours ( Van Nuys )

10.British Airways ( Van Nuys )

11.Caravan Tours ( Chicago )

12.Collette Tours ( Pawtucket )

13.Continental Airlines
Grand destinations ( Pawtucket )

14.Delta Dream Vacations ( Pawtucket )

15.Finnair ( Pawtucket )

16.Finn way ( Livingston )

17.Gadabout Tours
( Palm Springs )

18.Globus ( Littleton )

19.Haiman Scandinavia U.S. ( Los Angeles )

20.Holiday Tours of America ( New York )

21.Olson-Travelworld ( Torrance )

22.Parker Tours ( Bayside )

23.SAS ( Bayside )

24.Scantours ( Santa Monica )

25. Scan
World Tours ( Chicago )

26.Trafalgar Tours ( New York )

27.Cosmos Tourama ( Littleton )

Independent Tours

Independent tours or packages are usually called FITs ( it
stands for foreign independent travel) are offered by airlines or tour operators. Some of the these tour
operators also offer escorted programs. Their programs consist of different range of
prices based on level of luxuries and options. The followings are the airlines or the tour
operators that offer independent tours: